course-selection

[cold jasper]

Brother it's like if you are able to start swimming

You can learn the strokes of swimming

Which means

You are someone who is capable of doing so

You can manage that level of understanding

[tough sun]

Answer this

[cold jasper]

Check this

What now

[tough sun]

University rank?.

And that

Is not trusted source

[cold jasper]

Then what do you want man

[cold jasper]

Give me a name

For a trusted source

According to you

@tough sun what happened now bro

[tough sun]

@cold jasper IIT Delhi ranking is 174 in world qs University rankings

[cold jasper]

Which year

[tough sun]

@cinder gorge facts?.

[tough sun]

This

[cold jasper]

Source : Trust me bro

[tough sun]

https://www.topuniversities.com/universities/indian-institute-technology-delhi-iitd

Official website of qs ranking

[cold jasper]

Hey duckhead

This ain't the offical website

[tough sun]

Official

You source is ass

IITs startups in huge losses

[cold jasper]

And however

How tf does that matter

You said that IITs are a scam

[cold jasper]

Bro some ideas might not work the first time

What happens if it ain't in the top 100vin in the world

[tough sun]

There are better option than IITs in the world you should look at them. I am not saying IITs are bad but you should look at what you need smart work rather than hard work. Any college in India are similar.

[cold jasper]

Reply to this

[tough sun]

I already replied

[cold jasper]

But in India

[cold jasper]

Bruh I never said IITs are the best

[tough sun]

They Why you forcing people

Take IIT

..

[cold jasper]

I said he had scope for IITs

[tough sun]

..

[tough sun]

Education is same in every colleges

[cold jasper]

Nope

Education depends on the content of syllabus and the environment of the learning

[tough sun]

You brainwashed by bjp government

[cold jasper]

Goodness now wtf does this have to do with fuking bjp

[frozen topaz]

only content bruv

[dusk turret]

World QS 2023 University Rankings are reliable.

[sharp wigeon]

I don’t think any college ranking list is reliable

[austere tulip]

Idk

Also I mean IIt is pretty good

It’s not the best

But if you want good stem education in India

IIT pretty good

[placid nexus]

Hi

[strange sigil]

@Gaks#9165 Hi 👋

[agile echo]

Hi , I had a question on if you think I should retake a summer school class. Freshman year I had mostly As except for one B each semester (one in Eng honors and World History AP) and a C both semester in geometry honors . This year as a sophmore I got two Bs (both honor classes) and two Cs in first semester (Algebra 2 honors and ap physics) and am seeming to see to get another C this second semester. I’ve already dropped down from algebra 2 honors and chemistry honors to regular classes. With this trend, do you think I should retake geometry honors over the summer to replace the two Cs I got from it in freshman year? What else should I do to possibly improve my transcript?

[sharp wigeon]

if your school lets you do this i dont see why not

[night wharf]

Any advice for what AP's I should take senior year? I'm currently a sophomore but already have my junior year classes picked out.
Here are the classes I've taken/are taking next year:
9th: Alg 1, College and Career/Health, PE, Spanish 1, English 1, Biology, Robotics
10th: Honors Alg 2/trig, Honors English 2, Honors Chem, Spanish 2, PE, World History, Reg Choir
11th: AP Lang, AP Chem, AP Music Theory, AP US History, Honors Pre-Calc, Reg Choir, Chamber Choir (Honors credit)

[cedar snow]

I could help if you have the subject list provided for senior year 😄

[night wharf]

my school has almost every AP

senior year courses I'm already planning on taking: AP Lit, AP Psych, AP Stats, AP Gov, choir

i have 2 slots left for classes to take, just looking for recommendations

[austere tulip]

Have you taken geometry?

I would recommend AP economics

It’s always good to take some kind of consumer Ed class

Do macro micro or both

Also since it’s senior ur

It’s possible you don’t take a class

Or it’s possible

You take a class just for fun

Doesn’t have to be AP

[night wharf]

i took geometry over summer school so i could take alg 2 this year

[agile echo]

I would have to do it over the summer and its like 1000 dollars, is it really worth it to to redo to look better on my transcript?

[cinder gorge]

Musical Theatre *satisfies fine art graduation requirement
Art *satisfies fine art graduation requirement
AP Art Studio *by approval only
Literature & Media Honors
• Physics Honors *elective lab science
HS Resource *by approval only
] Yearbook *satisfies fine art graduation requirement
I Anatomy Honors *elective lab science
FLVS

This is my course selection I want to stay on honors and ap but I’m not sure what would be best..I have 3.4 cumulative and 3.6 is year

[mighty mist]

What colleges are you planning on going to? At least at my school a C is a passing grade, so they wouldnt let people retake it. Retake it if you want and are able to though. In my opinion, already having a couple of Cs is going to not improve your transcript very much. Try to trend your grades upwards, as you have a couple of Cs, unless not getting into a particular difficult school

[cinder gorge]

You are able to retake

[cinder gorge]

?

[mighty mist]

My school wont let you

[cinder gorge]

Retakeing if u passed is the worst possible option to do

[cinder gorge]

I don’t understand how some people can and can’t and why it is bad ?

[cinder gorge]

If it’s I. The summer

I dont see any point of retaking if u passed

[cinder gorge]

Ok? It doesn’t matter

[cinder gorge]

Anyone can but i dont see a point for it

[mighty mist]

Different schools and money

[cinder gorge]

Oh now it makes sense

Weird how it’s not standardized though

Standardized for what

[cinder gorge]

Rules for retaking

Ofc its not standardized

[mighty mist]

Giving power to the states/counties

[cinder gorge]

Retaking is literally one of the worst options

[cinder gorge]

NEVER retake unless it’s absolutely necessary

[agile echo]

Im aiming for UCs, should I still retake it?

[agile echo]

Wait rlly, why?

[cinder gorge]

No

[cinder gorge]

1. Ur gpa wont go up
2. Ur wasting a class period on something u alr did
3. Colleges will see that ur not willing to move on from ur mistakes
4. Do u rlly wanna be in a class where people a yr younger is in?

If anything, its gonna be harder to raise ur gpa

[agile echo]

wait retakes dont up the gpa? I had no idea

Hows it harder to raise ur gpa from it

[cinder gorge]

U think it does?

[cinder gorge]

U have another class thats making it harder (the same class)

Its literally just dead weight

Once u understand how the UC gpa system works, itll make sense

[mighty mist]

In state?

[agile echo]

Yes in state

[sharp wigeon]

depends on your schools policy, a lot of colleges including uc's calculate their gpa separately because schools calculate their gpa in so many different ways

[cinder gorge]

no, retaking any class doesnt replace gpa

[sharp wigeon]

that's on me then, i assumed if their school is letting them retake a c it'd replace their grade if that's not the case then yah def don't waste your time and money

[mighty mist]

Here it never replaces your grade. You get a R- retook and it shows both grades. But yeah different for all schools

[gloomy lotus]

Anyone taking the APCSA exam today, good luck!

[wanton talon]

Thanks

Think it will be easy

[magic orbit]

good luck apcsa peeps! 👍

remember to dont stress

[austere tulip]

Yup

GL

[cinder gorge]

What colleges you aiming for?

[cinder gorge]

Bro, for UCs in California, you need All As

Sometimes you can get away with a couple Bs

If you have strong ECs

[vital olive]

it depends on the UC

and you don’t need all A’s for any college lol

you need mostly A’s

there’s a difference

[cinder gorge]

Harvards average Grade was literally a 4.0 at a certain year lol

[vital olive]

a 4.0 gpa is strongly overstressed these days

[vital olive]

no it wasn’t

[cinder gorge]

Sure

[vital olive]

unweighted?

what year?

[cinder gorge]

It literally says 4.18 this year lol

And the unweighted is like a 3.98

[vital olive]

that’s weighted

[cinder gorge]

So, like I guess not all As

But, Pretty much

[vital olive]

it isn’t a 3.98 either it’s probably lower

where’d you get 4.18?

[cinder gorge]

Just search it up

[vital olive]

searching it up isn’t accurate

[cinder gorge]

I just said “average gpa of Harvard”

There were multiple sources that said 4.18 lol

[vital olive]

i’m not doubting 4.18

i’m just asking where you got it

[cinder gorge]

Okay, give me a Sec

Prepscholar

Harvard crimson

Campus Reel

[vital olive]

harvard crimson is accurate

can you send the link

[cinder gorge]

Not rn, I am at the doctors

And he just came in

Cya

[vital olive]

i can’t find crimson’s stats for wgpa anywhere

that’s why i asked

[wary hound]

The engineering practicum at my school is all honors but the health science practicum is all standard

What should I do in this situation if I’m interested in both fields?

They are CCTE courses btw

[wanton talon]

Do both see what you like

[austere tulip]

If it’s a career class don’t worry too much about honors standard

Rigor applies to those places where there are different levels

[wary hound]

What does this mean?

[austere tulip]

Sorry

I mean

Basically don’t care if your career course is standard

Since there was no honors medical course

They can’t say

Ong u didn’t pick honors

Now if it’s for your gpa one college prep class is not going to do anything

[wary hound]

Ok

Got it thanks

@austere tulip

[sharp wigeon]

Not necessarily

Most of them are pretty holistic except ucla

[cinder gorge]

Yeah, that’s why I said if you have great ECs

Bad grades wouldn’t matter as much

[sharp wigeon]

Oh, true true

Berkeley is mad random though I feel like they just spin a wheel 😭

[cinder gorge]

Yeah, at this point

[cunning seal]

Whats the main difference between apcs and apcsp in terms of difficulty and prerequisites (Ive heard that apcsp is too easy and going to apcs without prior programming knowledge will be fine)

[austere tulip]

Ap csp is like general computing knowledge mostly with like one unit of coding

There’s a project

And then a multiple choice

Ap CS teaches u Java

And object oriented programming

And yes I agree

Skip csp

[soft jacinth]

Is this a good high school junior schedule? I am a sophomore atm and have never taken a weighted or AP class, probably do wanna go to college after school just don’t know where. DEFINITELY want to do something with math when Im older as I love math along with History and Kinda science

-AP American Government
-Women and Gender Studies (don’t make fun of me)
-Math 4 and 5 Honors
-AP Statistics
-AP Lit and Comp
-AP Environmental
-Chemistry
-and Lifes Issues

[cinder gorge]

imo, its whatever

[soft jacinth]

Ok

[cinder gorge]

Nah

I think it’s good

You could change out life’s issues for ECs

[sharp wigeon]

yah its solid,, obv depends on what your school offers but this would be a pretty solid schedule at most schools regardless,, if youve never taken a weighted or ap class before lit might be kind of tough otherwise i think all the other ap's are very manageable

[cinder gorge]

AP Chem is easy tho

And AP Physics C

Right?

[sharp wigeon]

they didnt say theyre doing ap chem

[cinder gorge]

Ik I am just saying in general

The APs I mentioned are easy, right?

[sharp wigeon]

depends on the person and your chem background i thought chem wasnt too bad but and my school doesnt offer physics c so i wouldnt know

[cinder gorge]

I See

What about AP German Lang?

[sharp wigeon]

idk

ap chem is usually considered to be a pretty hard class at most schools though, idk how ppl feel about the test

[soft jacinth]

Wwww thanks (:

And I would take Ap physics but they don’t offer that. Just Physics

[cinder gorge]

thats what u think

[fringe barn]

I don't know if this is the right place to ask but I want this to know if I get an associate's degree in high school a local community college will that transfer to an ivy league?

The degree would be an A.S in physics if that is important

[cinder gorge]

aa can transfer but thats not whats important

colleges arnt gonna care if u have a piece of paper or not

and u need to find out what courses r gonna transfer

[fringe barn]

Would they care about the grades I got for the associates?

[cinder gorge]

yeah

whats more important is the classes u took

[cinder gorge]

like what igetc classes u completed and how likely ur gonna grad from that uni

[cinder gorge]

ok, now look at the pre-req for all of em

they all got like 2-3 courses as pre req

[fringe barn]

But I meet the prerequisites just by going through the normal high school schedule

[cinder gorge]

but u didnt finish it yet, so u still need to go the pre req

[fringe barn]

Fair enough I guess

[cinder gorge]

its the policy

[fringe barn]

I'm going to get all those courses done plus the prerequisites by the time I graduate

[cinder gorge]

what about ur igetc

and what state r u in?

cuz last time i checked u can only take 11.5 units max per semester

[fringe barn]

NJ

[cinder gorge]

this might be just CA tho, idk

it might be different for nj

[fringe barn]

I'm going to look it up

I can't find a clear answer

[cinder gorge]

for me, all im gonna do is my igetc cuz i aint got time to do my aa degree

[cinder gorge]

ask ur councler

[fringe barn]

I will.

[cinder gorge]

u got any other questions?

[fringe barn]

Not at the moment

Thank you for the help

[wise forge]

cali law sets it at 11 💀

[cinder gorge]

its 11.5 for us

[wise forge]

15 AB 288

15 units for AB 288

[cinder gorge]

anything above 12 units is considered full time

[wise forge]

ye

a local CC (i don't go too) lets you take as much as a normal student (like 20 or smth) if you have a letter of rec from Counselor, Principal, and PArent.

[cinder gorge]

oh rlly?

for free too?

cuz i aint got $$$ to pay hundreds

per class

[gloomy brook]

what classes should i take at cc over the summer if I want to major in either engineering or CS and what are some good CC's in california with async summer classes

[gloomy brook]

where are you taking this at

[fringe barn]

Rowan College of South Jersey

[austere tulip]

Moor park college

Discrete Math

Web Dev

Intro to CS

Physics of some sort

Calc

[austere tulip]

I’m pretty sure Igetc is a California thing

[vital olive]

it is

[austere tulip]

Yeah so why is he going around telling everyone to get their Igetcs

[vital olive]

shrug emoji

ask burger

[magic orbit]

💀

[austere tulip]

💀

[magic orbit]

wtf is Igetcs anyway 💀

[austere tulip]

Something about courses that let you transfer

[magic orbit]

what

interesting

[austere tulip]

Intersegmental general education transfer curriculum

Like mostly for the UCs and stuff

[worn sable]

sign up for the exam then

[austere tulip]

No the exam isn’t worth it

The course is

Because u get 5.0 gpa credit

But the exam isn’t

It’s 100 dollars for no college credit most likely

[covert linden]

I've probably asked this a million times here by now but I don't know whether I should stay in honors math or not

[mighty mist]

Why do you want to leave it?

[cedar snow]

What is your idea of the future you want? Any career plans? Do you enjoy or find the subject tedious?

[covert linden]

I didn't do too well in the first semester even though I am doing better now it is primarily because of a tutor

It's just my weakest subject and I have a fairly rigorous schedule next year

I normally get As but I got a B first semester for math

[cedar snow]

Is honors math a prerequisite or a requirement subject to take for your future career?

If not, I will support your decision to drop it.

[vital olive]

what is it now

a B in an honors course is better than an A in an on-level course

are we talking a B-, B, B+?

and remember that you’re going to miss a bunch of AP’s later on as well- even if you need a tutor, the extra GPA boost is worth it. if you’re gunning for top colleges, they’re expecting you to take some level of AP calc.

[worthy flare]

Is it possible to comfortably study AP CSP?

[austere tulip]

Yeah

[covert linden]

And I wanna be a lawyer, I prefer humanities subjects such as history and English in which I excel

[covert linden]

My schools ap courses are limited so I can't do AP for calculus unless I don't do another AP that's more in my subject area

[covert linden]

B+ but my school doesn't do + or -

[mighty mist]

Then it would just be a B if your school doesnt grade that way. A B in honors is always better than an A in a regular class

[vital olive]

what’s your limit for ap’s

[covert linden]

9

[vital olive]

what ap’s are you taking rn

or planning to take

[covert linden]

I am doing 2 next year, 3 junior year, and 4 senior

None rn

Next year world and seminar

Junior: lang, apush, and research

Senior: gov, lit, hug, and either bio or apes

[vital olive]

take calc over bio or apes

imo

or at least over hug

ap hug is useless

[covert linden]

I may go into history or subjects related to it

[vital olive]

acc yeah take it over hug

eh idk

hug and apes are both useless

like i said most people at top colleges have taken some form of AP calc, whether it be AB or BC

uhh

wait one sec

okay

90% of students at harvard have taken ap calc AB or above

with ~63% taking BC or above

i’d strongly advise taking ap calc @covert linden

[wise forge]

even if ur an art major… take it

[covert linden]

I do have a while to decide

I'd do it my senior year

[vital olive]

i mean take it whenever you want but take it

[covert linden]

K

[graceful sequoia]

Hi!

[compact spruce]

Hi!

[austere tulip]

Lol

[dusty ivy]

my counselor wants me to take apush to demonstrate my humanities capabilities, but i'm worried that my workload will be too much next year if i have that class

rn my planned workload for next year is: ap cs a, physics honors (will take ap physics 1 outside), aplac, ap calc, asb, spanish 4 honors and then either us history or apush

[magic orbit]

apush is a difficult class from what i've heard

so if you think you can take the workload, go ahead

apcsa isnt too hard

im not sure the difficulty of ap lang

ap calc should be easy if you are a math person

im not too sure what is asb

[dusty ivy]

i mean im gonna assume ap lang wont be that bad cuz this year in lit my teacher has literally used my essays as samples and i've gotten consistent A's on my essays

[magic orbit]

not too sure bout spanish either lol cus i never took hs spanish course

[dusty ivy]

this year in precalc i think i just studied the night before a test and got around 95ish each time

[magic orbit]

ap lang is an useful ap to take

[dusty ivy]

i wouldnt consider myself a math person though

[magic orbit]

then yeah take ap calc

im taking ap calc next year

alongside with ap physics

since my school doesnt offer ap lang ill prob dual enrollment ap lang lol

[magic orbit]

what is asb?

[dusty ivy]

are u gonna be junior next yr?

[magic orbit]

yeah

[dusty ivy]

associated student body

[magic orbit]

oh

[dusty ivy]

its jut like student leadership

[magic orbit]

ah

im taking like a leadership course next year

so it shouldn't be that bad

then if that's the case, maybe apush for some difficulty

since almost all class you are taking are "easy" for you atm

but if you dont wanna stress on history

just take us history

im taking us history next year and im not taking apush

mainly due to the difficulty of the course

im not a history person lol

[dusty ivy]

LMAO

thank you !!

[magic orbit]

you're welcome 👍

[sharp wigeon]

proabbly dependent on what your teaccher wants you to do but ap lang usually isnt that huge of a workload

because theyre just trying to prepare you for the test which is basically just writing 40 minutes essays and doing sat like reading questions so usually there shouldnt be that much hw

and yah as previously stated, ap calc isnt too bad, once again depends on your teacher but i personally dont think the ab curriculum is very hard even for non math people

apush would probably actually be the class you spend most your time on because its not really a skills class like the other ones but if youve taken any other ap history class its about similar to those

[forest harness]

Hi guys

[cedar snow]

I see. If you want to be a lawyer, it is good to take advanced maths...but not required to be honest. So maybe you can take off honors maths. Continue humanities subjects if that's what you like and that's technically where your planned career is sitting mostly.

[vital olive]

i'd disagree with you on that

[cedar snow]

State your opinion why you disagree. It could help them with their choices.

[vital olive]

I already have previously- This isn't my personal preference. If you're aiming for the top schools, it becomes a necessity. Harvard published its statistics, and according to them, 90% of students have taken AP Calc AB and above with ~63% of students finishing AP calc BC and above.

They want students who are competent everywhere, and although a "spike" is still preferred, their general level of competency is high.

I'd strongly advise taking AP Calc.

[cedar snow]

I didn't see them say they're aiming for top schools. I might've missed it.

[sand citrus]

Hey guys so I’m going to be a junior next year. Is it a good idea to take both APUSH and AP Lang at the same time?

[vital olive]

sure, if you're not inherently bad at history or english you'll be fine

[sand citrus]

Okay , thank you so much they are both my strongest subjects I’ve just had a hard time deciding.

[vital olive]

oh then yu'oll be fine

[vital olive]

sorry for the late reply, but if they're taking 9 ap's, i'm sure you can guess what they're aiming for 😅

[scenic crescent]

If my major is computer science and I want to go to community college which class should I take?

[austere tulip]

Data structures and algorithms

Intro to web development

Discrete mathematics

Intro to some coding language

[scenic crescent]

What about calculus, English composition and other stuff?

[austere tulip]

Yeah those too

Take all core classes

I thought u were asking for specific like comp sci classes

Id recommend having an associates in math

And then transferring

[cosmic gyro]

Does anyone know if Qubit by Qubit is worth it?

[sharp wigeon]

Opinionated but this is more correlation than causation. Taking these high level math classes is more indicative of the caliber of students who get into these schools and the resources provided to them. If you’re not at this level taking ap calc ab or bc is probably not going to change that

Not to say that all ivy/t20 admits are like high caliber super humans not on the level of the other plebeians but this is more of a generalization

[vital olive]

honestly? i’d disagree. i’m not saying it’s a causation, i’m saying it’s almost a requirement. ~90+% is an exceedingly large number. very large. i’d bet that the ~10% that don’t are international or have exceedingly difficult circumstances, with most of that 10% being international.

[broken rover]

Hey guys, I have a question. Next year I’m going to be a junior, and I’m planning on taking at least 7 aps. For my 8th class, I’m torn between taking AcDec and Comp Sci Honors. I’m interested in competing for my schools AcDec team, but it requires me to be enrolled in a class dedicated for the competition. This class is weighted as on-level, which would bring my GPA down severely. CS honors on the other hand, wouldn’t bring my GPA down as badly. Moreover, I plan to major in CS, and if I don’t have at least 3 years of CS courses, my resume may be diminished. Would you recommend I take AcDec as an EC and bring down my GPA or take CS honors since that aligns with my potential major? For context, I went to an extremely selective STEM magnet for my freshman and sophomore year, while I am now transferring to a regular high school due to my mother’s health deteriorating. Thanks

[covert linden]

I'd hope to, I just want to keep my options as open as possible. I may do it but I have a lot of time to decide. Also could you send me where you got that statistic?

[austere eagle]

Ok so here's the deal

I live in a rural redneck county

And the way APs work here makes it very hard for me

For example most AP classes are 2 semesters

But not exactly

AP classes like laug have an introductory semester that is required in the same year

So is there any advice on how to fit in more AP Classes

Because next year I can only fit in 2

[vital olive]

sure

uh

lemme find it

[covert linden]

?

[vital olive]

i dm'd it to oyu

[covert linden]

Thank you

[sharp wigeon]

Yah when you put it that way I see what you mean although I think requirement is pushing it. Although I think it’s unfair to generalize one aspect of admissions from a notoriously picky uni to other top unis but you’d probably see similar data across other top unis

[dreamy canopy]

Idk if I should take apush or regular ush

[vital olive]

i think you would honestly

[vital olive]

do you like history

are you good at it

what are you taking right now

[dreamy canopy]

History in general not rly but US history specifically yes (I enjoyed it in 8th grade) -- we really only had regular history options in sophomore yr so just a normal world history class rn

Im more worried about the work load tho

Like a lot of ppl have told me u don't need to read the textbook even the tchr tells u to????

[vital olive]

i'd advise taking it, and if you think it's too much for you, you can drop to regular

[dreamy canopy]

That makes sense. Thx!

[vital olive]

no prob

[gloomy lotus]

Adding onto what MegaSplit said, APUSH is a lot of writing, reading, and critical thinking. It's not just "memorize these dates", you'll have to write things like DBQs, essays, and much more. Just so you know!

It is a great class though. I personally haven't taken it, but my friends that did have said that it's a great class for those that are interested in history

[dreamy canopy]

Ya I actually like this better since the history classes for my grade are kind of split into these weird ways -- you can either take a type of combined course of history+ lit which I'm doing or do separate world lit and history classes. Usually ppl say that my class is easier becuz i guess the tchrs are less strict but rly our assessments are all just dbq, compare/contrast paragraphs, and essays rather than the other type of class that does Mcq questions like memorization

I feel like I've had a lot more practice actually doing that this yr

[gloomy lotus]

Yeah then you're basically set

[maiden remnant]

I LOVE apush! It was my first AP history since I decided world would just not be worth all the stress and we've gone over US history like 3 different times over american schooling

I will say it requires a lot and I mean a LOT of memorization skills

Not just dates and names but how they affected society, world issues, politics, policy changes, etc.

Definitely going to need to remember stuff for specific factual evidence, but overall good class!

[austere tulip]

Lol

For us

APush is the most difficult

World is the introductory one

[cedar snow]

I see, I didn't see them say this, I just missed it for sure. Thank you anyways

[vital olive]

mhm

[tough sun]

But duck said apush is ez

[scenic crescent]

Is physics history and logic class are necessary?

[scenic crescent]

For computer science!

[tough sun]

Physics don't help you in computer science too much

History has no relation with computer science

[scenic crescent]

What about logic?

[tough sun]

It may help you

You can take

[scenic crescent]

Are you a computer science student?

[tough sun]

No

[scenic crescent]

All right cool!

[austere tulip]

Nope

It’s one of the harder ap exams

Well like for me I used to think it was easy

That’s before I looked at it

And then saw how difficult it was

There’s people who just took it yesterday

U should ask them about how “ez” it was

[austere tulip]

Those are good courses to do

Physics is not completely related with computer science

But the processes and applied math it takes in physics can help with math problem solving

And you have to take history

Many colleges do have humanities or communication requirements

Also history’s cool

It’s like a fun elective

A break from all your earlier classes

You don’t have to take history if you’ve done the ap history exams and gotten a passing score

[cosmic gyro]

Is it possible to take AP Physics 2 when only getting a 3 on AP Physics 1

[vagrant solar]

I wanna be a scientist moreover a physicists and I have an extra slot on my schedule. So I was wondering if I should use that extra slot of apes or ap bio? Can anyone like suggest what would be more useful?

[cedar snow]

From what I read, AP Bio is more relevant to your future career. AP Es focuses more on impact to the environment caused by human activities and managing natural resources. AP Bio is more related to physics because both branches focus on studying the law of nature.

[cedar snow]

u can and u can be successful with it if you put dedication and a lot of effort to be successful on this

[scenic crescent]

Can you tell me which class I shouldn't take?

[austere tulip]

I don’t think there is a class you shouldn’t take

Just be sure to focus on your major focused classes

And continue to take some humanities and communications like English or history

[broken rover]

Hey guys, I have a question. Next year I’m going to be a junior, and I’m planning on taking 7 aps. For my 8th class, I’m torn between taking AcDec and Comp Sci Honors. I’m interested in competing for my schools AcDec team, but it requires me to be enrolled in a class dedicated for the competition. This class is weighted as on-level, which would bring my GPA down severely. CS honors on the other hand, wouldn’t bring my GPA down as badly. Moreover, I plan to major in CS, and if I don’t have at least 3 years of CS courses, my resume may be diminished. Would you recommend I take AcDec as an EC and bring down my GPA or take CS honors since that aligns with my potential major? For context, I went to an extremely selective STEM magnet for my freshman and sophomore year, while I am now transferring to a regular high school due to personal reasons. Thanks

[sharp wigeon]

it sounds like you want to do cs honors more and youve rationalized more benefits to it. if youre taking 7 aps this year i dont think gpa will be a huge concern as depending on your schools scale it wont make a huge difference, also colleges tend to recalculate gpa anyway and depending on their policy honors classes may not be counted so it's possible it actually makes 0 impact to your gpa.

i do think it's favorable to take classes that align with your future goals but id say just choose whichever one you enjoy more

[vital olive]

colleges usually recalculate your GPA, but you transferring to a worse school would raise some questions. what other computer science classes have you taken?

[sharp wigeon]

i also think that's a good question, what is cs honors? as a junior shouldnt you have already taken like ap csa or ap cs principles?

[tough sun]

@sharp wigeon hy

I have questions

[austere tulip]

No some schools do this thing called advanced topics in cs honors

Which is an honors cs class

But it’s like stuff after csa and csp

[sharp wigeon]

oh i see that makes sense now

[broken rover]

I’ve only taken AP CSP since my old school put us in certain “tracks” with no course flexibility.

However, my new school requires the prerequisite of cs honors before taking AP CSA, which is why i was thinking of taking cs honors. For context, my old school would’ve allowed me to take AP CSA next year rather than cs honors

[broken rover]

I see more tangible benefits with taking cs honors but I was wondering if AcDec would look better on my resume

[broken rover]

For us cs honors is a prerequisite to AP CSA

[broken rover]

All courses count towards our GPA, with the weighting hierarchy being on-level, honors, and AP, in order from lowest weight to highest.

[vital olive]

out of curiousity, why'd you switch? a top magnet school significantly boosts your chances at practically any university, soooo

[vital olive]

don't do it just for the resume

[vital olive]

like i said schols often recalculate, so don't worry too much about that (they usually leave non-core classes out)

[austere tulip]

They said personal reasons

And their school sets them on a specific track

[austere tulip]

Does your school not allow you to do CSA given you’ve done CSp before?

I’m Pretty sure you can waive the prerequisite since you’ve done CSP

[vital olive]

oh

[austere tulip]

Even in another school

[vital olive]

mb i missed that

[vital olive]

i mean that isn't bad

[graceful sequoia]

Hi!

[austere tulip]

Hi!

[rare rivet]

any AP recommendations for sophomore year?

[wanton talon]

I took Physics 1 economics

[vital olive]

what's offered

and what's your planned major

[sharp wigeon]

for a sophomore, euro, apes, csa, calc ab, both econs are generally doable

[rare rivet]

i want to pursue a field in pre med

[rare rivet]

okay thank you

[vital olive]

what courses are offered

[broken rover]

I was ranked top 5 in my magnet school, but I have to switch back because of health issues. Moreover, I have to drive over 2 hours there and back so I barely had time to do anything.

[vital olive]

ahhh icic

[broken rover]

By track, I mean that all students take nearly the same courses for freshman and sophomore year, while juniors and seniors get a bit more flexibility

[broken rover]

All students in my grade are required to take AP CSP, but AP CSA is unavailable until junior year. My new school is stupid so they’re forcing me to take cs honors as a prerequisite even though my old school would’ve allowed me to take AP CSA directly. I’ve already spoken to the counselor and she said there’s nothing she can do.

[broken rover]

kk

[austere tulip]

K

[royal swan]

Some universities require physics for computer science majors.

[scenic crescent]

Not University as community college?

[royal swan]

Sorry, can you clarify what you're asking?

[scenic crescent]

What I meant was should I take physics for computer science in community college?

[royal swan]

First, I would check with the university you plan to attend. The degree plan will give you a better idea of the classes you should take.

Also, the university may want a specific physics class to count towards the degree.

[scenic crescent]

Ok thank you for your help!

[fringe barn]

Not sure if this is the right place to ask but can you do anything with a certificate of achievement in engineering? Because I plan to do a bunch of dual enrollment classes to get an Associates in physics at the same time I graduate high school. But if I do only 3 more classes I can also get a certificate of achievement in engineering. Is it worth it to get a certificate of achievement because I am interested in potentially doing engineering but my main plan is physics.

[austere tulip]

If u can handle it go for it

[royal swan]

No, you won't be able to get an engineering job with a certificate, but if you're interested in it, there's nothing wrong with taking the additional classes.

[fringe barn]

Ok

[tough sun]

Why some countries have 3 year degree instead of 4 year?.

[mighty mist]

3 years tend to be more specialized, less gen ed too, also hs prepares you differently

[tough sun]

How so?.

[orchid dawn]

Okay I have a question, i'm thinking about enrolling into my local community College and I know i want a degree in information technology, which classes would you guys recommend for me?

[mighty mist]

More specialized in hs. Certain types of schools

[mighty mist]

Also its just like different certificates. They are different and vary in time it takes to obtain one

[cinder gorge]

I like to take business course but I don't know how it will be so any advice?

[wise forge]

take an intro course and learn how it will be 🤷‍♀️

kind of what they’re for lol

[cinder gorge]

Thanks but I looking to advise that college student that has business course should know
It might be helpful for me one day

[soft jacinth]

How this for a junior schedule where I have not taken a single AP. Im a pretty good student, getting A’s and a B or two hear and there. Idk what college I wanna go to but I’m interested in Math and Social Studies, want to explore aspects of science and wanna get better at reading and writing.

-AP American Government
-AP Statistics
-Math 4+5 Honors
-Chemistry
-AP Lit and Comp
-AP Macroeconomics
-AP Environmental Science
-and this Lifes Issues class

[wicked jolt]

pretty stacked ngl

env science may be cool for your interests as well as statistics

I've taken ap gov and its not too bad just know ur court cases and docs like federalist papers

These are my projected senior classes for next year:
3-D Design concepts
AP Calc BC
Epidemiology and Public Health
AP Lit and Comp
AP Microecon
Music theory

[gloomy lotus]

Can you put calc somewhere in there or are you planning to take it senior year?

Calc is basically a must for half the majors, even a lot of humanities majors

[soft jacinth]

We

[soft jacinth]

You have to take it senior yr at my school

Which I am doing

[gloomy lotus]

oh yeah that's cool then

your schedule looks pretty good 👍

[soft jacinth]

Thanks

Figured I take Physics aswell senior yr (:

[gloomy lotus]

that's good too

physics is important for any stem!

[soft jacinth]

Sure is (:

[cerulean kite]

Question I'm thinking of studying computer engineer but how do I know it I'll be right for me?

[mighty mist]

Take some classes and gain some experience with it

[cerulean kite]

Thanks!

[royal swan]

Think of the job(s) that interest you and look up their requirements. You can also look up the degree plan for computer engineering at the university you plan to attend and read the course descriptions to see if they sound interesting.

[cerulean kite]

Yeah that's the thing I have no idea what I want to do but I'll for sure give it a try and check it out thank you!!!

[hushed grail]

just registered to business classes in my high school in hopes of getting into business school by graduation

[lone lion]

👍

[merry monolith]

Hey Gohar and chat, I have a question. I’m 16 years old , and am about to graduate from high school. So the thing is, should I go to colleague or straight up to the University ? What do you recommend

[mighty mist]

Depends where you want to go. Is colleague, college? And if so, what do you do at college thats different then university? Like CC?

[devout pilot]

hello guys i am wondering about college math
so basically i'm really interested in stem but don't know my majors or specific interests
i'm just taking the highest stem courses that are available
so i'm wondering about the progression and majors and professions i could get by using my current courses
10th grade - ap calc ab, ap chem, honors spanish, honors english
11th grade - ap calc bc, ap bio, ap econ, honors eng, honors spanish
12th grade - honors math methods in engineering, ap compsci, ap physics c, ap spanish, idk if honors spanish

so like i have no clue what i would do

[astral igloo]

yo guys my school has this thing where you're not allowed to take aps until 11th grade. the only exception is if you skip a grade in either math or language, and then you can take an ap in 10th. is it worth it to try to learn 9th grade spanish in 3 weeks so that i can try to skip

and take an ap

[timid belfry]

So I already did this but I'm going to 7th and I need to know if these are good choices to get extra credit / be better in high school...
AAC math, AVID, Touch system data entry and dollars and sense, AAC social studies, Science, Kickstart, and AAC ela

[astral igloo]

whats aac

[cinder gorge]

Any advice in script writing in a cinematic film and script going to be a poem
So any advice?please UwU

[magic orbit]

wrong channel

this is for course selections

take it in #english-help

[cinder gorge]

https://tenor.com/view/sorry-gif-25941806

Sorry wrong channel and gif but I am sorry

[jagged pewter]

should i take human body systems or ap biology if i want to be in the medical field?

[merry monolith]

Well I want to study Cyber Security.

I don’t know if the work at the University will be more difficult than, college.

[austere tulip]

Both are fine

[austere tulip]

Well your stem courses look fine

But don’t take ab and bc

[heavy pebble]

What AP class should I take for science cause honors chemistry was mind numbingly boring and pretty easy

[austere tulip]

You’d be wasting a year where u could’ve advanced ur math

[vital olive]

some schools require ab befofe bc

(eg. my school)

[austere tulip]

😔

[vital olive]

fr my school is lame

[austere tulip]

Wait so does that mean you have to do bc junior ur

Year*

[vital olive]

yeah

i mean technically we take bc senior

[austere tulip]

Anyways to answer your questions you have a variety of math classes and science classes

[vital olive]

but i’m taking precalc over the summer

[austere tulip]

Since during senior year

[austere tulip]

Oh ok

[vital olive]

(generally not allowed and almost never done before)

[magic orbit]

my school as well 💀

i cant take bc without ab

[austere tulip]

Since you’re doing comp sci and engineering math that’s what I would recommend. Something slowing the lines of computer engineering, electrical engineering, computer science, maybe even applied math.

[austere tulip]

Collegeboard needs to set out a disclaimer

Like there’s a reason why ab and bc only have a difference of two chapters

[vital olive]

idk tbh

[magic orbit]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[soft jacinth]

Is this a good senior schedule for high school? Im currently a sophomore but at this point I would have taken 5 AP’s and atm I probably do want to go to college but don’t know which, I’m usually a pretty good student too (Global Issues is required for grad)

-APUSH
-Global Issues

• Calculus 1 (AB isn’t offered)
  -Calculus BC
  -Physics (no AP physics)
  -AP Chem (inorganic is a prerequisite)
  -Inorganic Chem
  -Organic Chem
  -PE
  -AP Lang and comp
  (:

[austere tulip]

5 aps by the end of soph year is good!

[austere tulip]

The schedule is good

Why are you taking both calc bC and 1

[soft jacinth]

Sorry I worded that weirdly, I meant 5 Ap’s Junior year, (my school is super limited on AP’s for Sophomores and Freshman, sorry for confusion)

[soft jacinth]

Calc 1 is required for BC

[austere tulip]

No that’s still fine

[soft jacinth]

Okieeeee

[austere tulip]

Bruh not another school

That’s a lot of classes you’re taking

[soft jacinth]

Does that happen a lot 😂

[austere tulip]

That’s about 10

[soft jacinth]

Yea the minimum is 8

[austere tulip]

Yeah schools force their students to take two classes of calc where they learn basically the same stuff

[soft jacinth]

That sucks ):

[austere tulip]

Do you think you can handle it?

If so you’re fine

[soft jacinth]

Im on the fence about Ap Chem, other than that I can definitely handle it

• math is easily my strongest subject by a mile

[austere tulip]

That’s great!

It’s my favorite subject definitely

[soft jacinth]

That’s awesome (:

Yea so I would end High School with 8-9 AP’s

Im happy with that

[heavy pebble]

5 ap classes in sophomore :/

Sheesh

I could only get have AP computer science :l

[twin yoke]

What should I do if my country doesn't offer AP classes? I take "higher level", as it is called, but that's all that's offered. It's not challenging though.

[vital olive]

if you really want, you can take courses online (and sign up for ap tests near you). if they aren’t, you could probably get certificates from sites like edX to show proficiency and write about them (but they won’t affect anything too much)

[signal rivet]

is there some online resources or tips to make sure I'd enjoy a college option ?
I'm currently looking into a game bachelor in different colleges but I'm afraid of making the wrong choice

[jovial forge]

Hey guys I need help picking a career. I want to have a good idea so that I can start preparing. I’ve been deciding nursing/ medicine and compsci. Can I have like a medicine major and a comp sci minor. Can I have them both as majors? Whats even a career in medicine? Which one should I go for? Could you guys help me figure it out?

[mint thorn]

Medicine isn’t a major, its a specialized school you have to go to after undergrad

So you can technically double major in like biology (which is a typical premed school major) and comp sci

And a career in medicine is being a doctor or researcher or something

[jovial forge]

Thanks for clearing it up 🙏

[mighty mist]

It’ll all depend on the professor. Ive found from hearing about people switching some classes are very easy, some are not. Some easy at the CC, same class hard at the 4 year vice versa. Colleges tend to be more understanding outside of school, be more willing to work with you because of smaller classes

[mighty mist]

Some university professors are the college professors, if they are in the same city, so use the same coursework

[sharp wigeon]

I mean this is in the nicest way possible so I apologize if it comes off as rude but do you know what a university is?

Or do you mean like going cc or a trade school?

[mighty mist]

I think thats what they mean. Though most people who go into cybersecurity just does CC. Also, some private schools are labelled college

[limpid tree]

For High school, What do you guys recommend for History classes

History is the only subject that stresses me out the most

[mighty mist]

What history classes are offered?

[limpid tree]

AP Us History, AP government, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, World History, AP Human Geography, AP World geography, Ap Psychology

Im going to be in 9th grade soon so yeah

[mighty mist]

You cant take many AP in 9th, right?

[limpid tree]

yeah

Above, i just listed all classes

that are in social studies

which the school offers

[mighty mist]

Ok. I’ll just let someone else answer. I’ve had none of those classes

[limpid tree]

alright

[cinder gorge]

Should I take AP Compsci. principles if I wanna be a data scientist?

[austere tulip]

Yeah sure

It’s a good class

But it’s really easy

So if you know stuff about cs

Don’t bother taking it

[austere tulip]

If it stresses u out I recommend the easier ones

Ap human geography

Ap psychology

Ap macro

Ap micro

If you want to do ap world

It’s a really cool course

[limpid tree]

ohh alright

thanks so much man

[austere tulip]

But ap world is a more difficult course

[limpid tree]

I was going to choose Ap human geo for 9th grade

[austere tulip]

That’s good

[limpid tree]

so after human geo what will be next?

[austere tulip]

Psych

I recommend ap world though

It’s a bit more challenging

But I think it’s worth it

[limpid tree]

ahh

alright

[feral lava]

Should i take a fine arts class for all 4 years of highschool or more ap classes

[tepid bobcat]

yo could someone tell me their experience with AP Human Geo?

[sharp wigeon]

class was hard for me because it was the first ap i took but in retrospect it's a pretty easy class. the exam wasnt too hard either

[gray pasture]

my ap world teacher gave us very little DBQ and LEQ practice, and I been stress studying since Friday. Multiple choice and saq im ok at, he gave alot of practice, since his unit exams were just essentially sections of the AP exam. How screwed am I?

[feral lava]

You can prob still get a 4 and 5 if there is curve or you study a lot

[merry monolith]

No no it’s okay, I know that the University is harder. That why I’m asking currently I’m high school

I don’t know if should I make the change

[gray pasture]

heimlers history on loop

i got the thesis down

contextualization paragraph down

but the actual body paragraphs...

[sharp wigeon]

a university is just a collection of colleges, eventually you will end up in a college. that being said i know literally nothing about cyber security so youd probably have to do some research about whether itd be favorable for you and how important your undergrad is for that field

[merry monolith]

Oh okay

[feral lava]

You'll probably be fine

You can borrow Barron's or Pirnceton from a library and do practice qs from that

[gray pasture]

idk

im scared

this is my first ap exam 😩

I'll go to my library tomorrow

[feral lava]

It's ok take deep breaths

AP World isn't suposed to be as hard compared to other tests

[gray pasture]

really?

[feral lava]

Yeah

Well thats what at least my friends told me

I haven't taken it yet

[gray pasture]

last year's average was apparently a 1.9

[feral lava]

But youll be fine just keep studying and dont lose confidence in yourself

[feral lava]

Dang

It says 2.8 online

Close to a 3

[gray pasture]

yeah teacher must be using scare tactics

shows us a averages and "overall" average was a 1.9

[feral lava]

I think that was mabye for your school or he lied to just get you motivated or smth

[gray pasture]

damm

if it was for my school its not surprising

he's honestly a pretty bad teacher

and puts it under the guise of "im treating you like you're in college"

every copy of an AP world history prep book is taken

someone took one from 2011 💀

I found an e book my library offers

its from 2022 and its made by mcgraw hill

[soft jacinth]

Ok, I’m struggling to find a good schedule. I’ve never taken an AP course or Honors Course and I’m going into Junior yr of high. Probably wanna go to college but don’t know which. I am strongly interested in math, interested in History, wanna learn more about science concepts and get better at reading and writing:
Im wanna take:

-AP American Government
-Math 4 and 5 Honors
-AP Statistics
-AP Biology (I originally planned on APES and Macro)
-Chemistry
-This Lifes Issues class
-and AP Lit and Comp

[tropic mirage]

my school only offers one ap course (calc ab), what should i do?

[lofty surge]

Will my first year of high school be absolute hell if I take algebra 1 and geometry?

[vital olive]

no

[jovial forge]

Imo geometry is really easy

Depends if you’re good with variables. If you are then algebra won’t be too hard

[mighty mist]

Thats what i took freshman year. Went well for me. Though geometry was honors

[lofty surge]

Once you get the formulas down, yeah.

[lofty surge]

I see.

[lofty surge]

I mean my current math grade isn't half bad so I think I'll go for it if my teachers don't down rail my idea 😅

[cinder gorge]

I thought there weren't any prereqs?

[astral igloo]

take calc ab and do dual enrollment or self study other aps

dual enrollment is better than self study tho so only do self study if you can't do dual enrollement

[astral igloo]

why are u taking two math classes??

[solar vault]

what are some great ap classes to take for basic electrical engineering?

[vital olive]

well it all depends on what’s offered but ap calc —> bc and ap physics —> C are probably the basic ones

[lofty surge]

I like math

• I want to get ahead

[austere tulip]

There aren’t

That’s what I’m saying

It’s so easy

That if you know cs

Do not take it

[cinder gorge]

aight

[royal swan]

Just keep it mind that there's no rush. The best thing you can do for your future is to have a solid understanding.

[ripe olive]

No not rly

Geometry is a very easy class already it was for me

[lofty surge]

That is very true. I've just found our curriculum slow paced and I know I can teach myself a lot more in a short amount of time, technically what I am trying to say is I don't mind the challenge.

[timid belfry]

Accelerated (subject). Like a higher level of the subject / more advanced.

[sinful tapir]

Hello. i am going to be a junior next year and i want to know if i should take ap chemistry or physics honors next year. a prerequisite at my school to take ap physics is physics honors so i cannot do physics honors. i am currently doing chemistry honors rn

[mighty mist]

Is there a benefit? I doubled so I could take more advanced math classes

[lofty surge]

I'll have more time for college classes

[mighty mist]

Are you doing DE then? Which college classes?

[lofty surge]

I'll do it in 11th grade. Hopefully some classes around business.

[mighty mist]

Oh I see

[vital olive]

hey, how old are you? there’s a role for under middle school, but you need to verify your age first- it’s bc there aren’t that many people in that age range so it isn’t a selectable role

[soft jacinth]

Ok, I’m struggling to find a good schedule. I’ve never taken an AP course or Honors Course and I’m going into Junior yr of high. Probably wanna go to college but don’t know which. I am strongly interested in math, interested in History, wanna learn more about science concepts and get better at reading and writing:
Im wanna take:

-AP American Government
-Math 4 and 5 Honors
-AP Statistics
-AP Biology (I originally planned on APES and Macro)
-Chemistry
-This Lifes Issues class
-and AP Lit and Comp

[mossy acorn]

Those are good choices 👍

[neon belfry]

4 aps after never taking an ap might be tough

prepare yourself

it’ll be manageable, just different

[acoustic ether]

Hey so my high school says they require a 92 or above in algebra geometry chemistry and biology to get into AP Physics 1

How does this work and if I don’t meet these requirements does college board still allow me to be accepted

[mint thorn]

It’s cause ap physics is really hard and your school doesn’t want a class full of people who will fail

You can still self study though if you want to take the test but you don’t meet the requirements

[acoustic ether]

Oh really?

[acoustic ether]

I can self study for the AP exam? And it will still show up on my transcript?

[mint thorn]

it won’t show on your transcript but you can take the test and submit the score to the colleges

[acoustic ether]

But it’s still valid?

[timid belfry]

I'm in middle school currently

But I asked my question bc I want to try and challenge myself in 7th. Right now, 6th, I didn't really. My middle school also starts at 6th

[vital olive]

ohh icic

how old r u tho

[timid belfry]

13

I had to redo

[vital olive]

i’d say if you can then go for it

[timid belfry]

Okay tyy

[vital olive]

bc adv classes are worth it imo

[timid belfry]

Kk tysm

[acoustic ether]

ok so it may not show good effort but will show my intelligence?

Does it appear worse for applications

[mint thorn]

No it won’t if anything it’ll better because you’re taking initiatives to learn

It’ll show good effort as well

[soft jacinth]

Thanks Guys! Appreciate it

[plucky remnant]

Should you self study an AP class in 9th? If so which classes?

[rotund ridge]

If your in the UK don't do computer science

[neon belfry]

👍🏽👍🏽

[mellow gull]

Hi guys. Do you guys have any suggestions for what ap classes to take and which ones aren’t worth taking?

[feral lava]

Well all of them are worth taking

But that doesn't mean that you should/need to take all of them

Overall it just depends on your interests and what college you want to get into

[mellow gull]

Ok, thx

[lime chasm]

Hi guys I’m just curious I’m a freshman in highschool that took ap comp sci principles and I’m looking for some more ap exams to take for my sophomore year. I will already be taking ap gov and I’m considering ap lang and a teacher suggested ap bio is that to much for a sophomore or is that fine. Also if you have any other good suggestions that would be nice.

[austere tulip]

No

[austere tulip]

That’s fine. Also since you did ap csp then do csa next year

[lime chasm]

What’s csa

At my school they require you to go on to programming 1 where they teach Java

[quartz wigeon]

Compunter science a

And then there is csp

Comp sci principles

[lime chasm]

Oh

Alright

Also is ap lang difficult

[potent pasture]

No

[neon belfry]

csa is ap java

how do you guys feel about 5 aps sophomore year

[wanton talon]

Which ones

[solar vault]

do you have to take ap classes to match your interests or take ap classes to match the requirements for high school aps?

I am an oncoming freshman

[sudden plume]

I’m thinking about take electrical engineering, what classes should I take in highschool for that?

[austere tulip]

Do a bit of both

Take ap classes that match your best subject areas

Also try taking Aps in other subject areas

because then by the time you're in college

you'll be able to get rid of some elective and humanities requirements and/or stem based on your major.

[solar vault]

To clarify, if I am interested in EE, I would take ap classes that match my interest in ap. Then I would take ap english lang ect. to get rid of the humanities requirements for collage?

[cinder gorge]

Can y’all explain the concurrent clase thingy?

[mighty mist]

Dual enrollment?

[cinder gorge]

Ye

[mighty mist]

Go and take college classes that count for both hs and college credits and its usually free

[cinder gorge]

oh

You think I should take it?

[mighty mist]

If you want. I think its a great opportunity but I cant speak for your situation

[cinder gorge]

right😅

What a dumb question

[wanton talon]

Yes exactly, and things like physics, physics C would be good for EE but not for freshman year

[jagged pewter]

how can i find a mentor to write a research paper? do i need to be knowledgable about that topic before hand?

[royal swan]

Math and physics are the major topics, but I would focus on building a solid foundation of algebra and trigonometry for calculus. It will be important for engineering classes in college.

[sudden plume]

Okay thank you :) Are AP classes better to take than regular?

[royal swan]

Beyond the interest and rigor factors, the benefit of AP is it (might) count for college credit. However, it's not the only way to get credit while in high school.

[sudden plume]

Okay thank you. I appreciate the help

[feral lava]

Should I take Orchestra for all four years of highschool or take more AP and DE calsses?

[neon belfry]

seminar, calc bc, apush, physics 1, csa/java

all sophomore year

and then hon chem and french 4

[wanton talon]

Idk what seminar is but seems chill to me if you think you won’t be stressed

Is seminar your English class or something

[neon belfry]

it’s a replacement for my english class

it’s a research presenting class

[wanton talon]

Ight

[tiny garnet]

how many AP classes is probably too many? 3? 4? 5?

[vital olive]

depends on the classes

if you want to do engi and the other APs are classes like ap art history/apes then do orch

if they are relevant or good quality ap’s take the ap’s

only exception is if it’s highly emphasized in your app (competitions, etc), in which case take orch no matter what

[tiny garnet]

dang ur school offers them all
we only have one of those and you can’t take calc until junior or senior year
you go to a private school or smth?

[neon belfry]

i’m taking precalc over the summer

public school

[pale creek]

How?

I’m taking geometry over summer but for pre calc you have to do it in a college right?

[glacial tide]

i wanna major into finaical engineeringn wut classes shuld i take

[glacial tide]

how many do u think u need to take to get into an IVY?

[high tundra]

i think in some schools you can take precalc over the summer but there's no precalc honors option

[glacial tide]

my friends school might hae pre calc honors

for som reason

[high tundra]

what kind of school do you go to

[glacial tide]

not me

my friend**

[pale creek]

Oh yeah I just realized. For summer school sadly the integrated math 2 isn’t honors

Does the class still go over all the content though?

[gloomy lotus]

Depends on the APs

but yeah a good rule of thumb is like 4 classes is good

but I've seen schedules with 5 and even 6 APs, but that's because there are some easier APs sprinkled in

[tiny garnet]

well that’s kinda also the question

[glacial tide]

oh mbmb

[tiny garnet]

how many is good enough for high tier schools, but not too many that you can’t handle them

[tiny garnet]

what kind of easy ones? My school doesn’t offer any of the capstones

[tiny garnet]

And not precalc, Lower levels of physics, or programming

[sharp wigeon]

that depends what school you go to and the amount of ap's offered by your school

if you want to look competitive take an amount that's a lot for your school

or just take how ever many you feel like

enough for high tier schools or ivy is kind of subjective when they all claim to be holistic so course rigor is not the sole factor in determining whether you are a fitting applicant for their school, that being said course rigor is still incredibly important if you want to check out cds for schools that report their admissions criteria

[high tundra]

huh
i think at my high school you can take around 15 aps total over 4 years if you're really tryhard

[slow parcel]

Should I choose honors biology or physical science cp

[feral lava]

Okk thanks

[cedar snow]

what do u want to be as your career in the future? which one do you find more interesting/important for yourself and for your future?

[hushed rock]

Yo

How many aps I take?

[cedar snow]

The max number of aps is 5. Ask your school for more clarification just in case.

[neon belfry]

online class for us

[devout wraith]

What do I major in? I like finance, business, designing things. I am decent in maths, I am really good at english and history. I want to major in Engineering and then study business for higher studies. What is the right course for me?

[cedar snow]

Mechanical engineering? Industrial engineering? Economics?

[devout wraith]

Ok thx

[cedar snow]

There's more though. Those are just examples. I advise you to see your school advisor for more advice and list of examples of careers that suits your liking and abilities.

[gloomy lotus]

APCSP and APES are generally said to be on the "easier" side of APs

and if you have any programming knowledge, APCSA

[austere tulip]

No different schools have it different

For us we could technically take 7

Barely anybody does

[slow parcel]

I mean I don’t really find myself in any of those fields in the future as I see myself getting an mba and doing investment banking

[mint thorn]

Yeah a girl in my school took 6 in one year lol

[tough sun]

But you said you r school not provide any aps

[mint thorn]

You can still self study and take the tests

We just don’t have the classes

[tough sun]

Understand

[sharp wigeon]

Just take the most rigorous courses your school offers that you know you can do well in

[light orchid]

I going to GCC in az and I want to be a teacher. What the class name to be a teacher?

[agile belfry]

Does anyone know if you have to submit all dual enrollment transcripts that I did in high school if I don’t want credits for it? Like I took community college courses in middle schoool and got bs in them. However I don’t want to send them to colleges, would they require me to still?

[austere tulip]

If you don't want to send them to colleges then don't

But I mean if you have some As might as wellput them in there

college coursework seems cool

@vital olive

Did u reveal that person

his post isn't there anymore

[vital olive]

yeah lolol

[sour swift]

math AA SL or math AI SL?

[austere tulip]

How

Just curious what did you do

Lmao you could just look it at it and tell it was a lie

[austere tulip]

I’m guessing this is IB?

[tough sun]

Yeah it was a long suspense

[tiny garnet]

well we have 18
Ik that 5 with a an avg score of 3.5 and 3+ on all gives the best AP recognition award
And realistically I can take around 8-10ish (including the 3 I have scheduled for next year)

I’m considering self studying tho

[formal charm]

Should I try to fit General Chemistry 2 in to my next semester? I’ll be taking Calculus 2, University Physics, Honors Humanities, and Art Appreciation.

[red path]

Is a gpa of 3.375 considered good or bad?

[peak ridge]

anything above 3.0 is pretty good. 3.3 is above average!

[red path]

Oh wow :0

I am smart then😅

Because my friend said they currently have a gpa of 2.2 or something like that🤷‍♀️

[peak ridge]

That's way below average. The national average for students is 3.0.

[red path]

Well that ain’t good.-. The high the gpa the higher you get accepted into more colleges right?

[peak ridge]

Theoretically yes. Colleges typically want students who want a 3.0+, but, you can still get in to a decent amount if you are a little below the average. (like a 2.8-2.9)

[red path]

Interesting, very interesting🤔🤔

[peak ridge]

Also, colleges don't look just at grades. They want to see other things like your extracurriculars, what you do for your community, etc..

Grades do play an important factor, but being involved also really helps.

[red path]

Like community hours the school hosts?

[peak ridge]

Volunteer work, anything that is extracurricular helps.

[red path]

I mean I’ve already gotten some for doing a spring fling and it was pretty fun👌

How much extracurricular activities do they want to see tho?

[gloomy lotus]

the average hs gpa in the USA is 3.0. So 3.0+ is basically considered "good". If you're looking to apply for top colleges, you're basically going to need a 3.5+ gpa. 3.75 is a pretty decent gpa and is competitive as well

[gloomy lotus]

On the common app, you can list 10 down

You don't have to use all the spots however

a good rule of thumb is have more than 5 ECs

[peak ridge]

You technically don't need to do ANY if you choose, but it can help increase your chances at certain institutions.

[red path]

Sports are freaking evil to me tho🥲

[gloomy lotus]

yep

[red path]

Oooooh oki👍

[gloomy lotus]

well you don't need sports. There's tons of different types of extracurriculars not involving sports

[red path]

Like what🤔

[peak ridge]

If you really wanna stand out, do extracurriculars that show leadership

[gloomy lotus]

part time jobs, passion projects, internships, school clubs, even something as simple as tutoring your neighbor counts.

[peak ridge]

Like for me, i'm in student council. I hopefully will be doing leaders P.E next year. Things like this will make you really stand out.

[gloomy lotus]

I had a friend who listed "taking care of their grandparents" who couldn't move that well as an EC

and it's completely valid

[red path]

I’m more of a follower than a leader tho🥲 I mean I’m in charge of the final project we’re doing for our English I class but it’s so hard when people don’t listen😮‍💨

[gloomy lotus]

Leadership helps, but it's not required. Just being active or participating in something works

[peak ridge]

what this guy said

[red path]

Maybe I’ll do cheer or dance next year then🤔 Are they just gonna check my school record and see all the EC activities I’ve done or how would that work?

[gloomy lotus]

Nah you submit them

like you'll write down your activites on the common app

the common app is an application you'll fill out to send to colleges

[red path]

Soo this🤔

[gloomy lotus]

https://www.commonapp.org/

yeah

[red path]

Interesting🤔🤔

[gloomy lotus]

But from what I see you're a 9th grader (your profile), so you don't really need to worry about this right now

I'd say just start exploring topics and find something you're passionate about

could be anything like comp. sci, biology, banking, engineering, art, music, etc.

and just start doing things related to it

[red path]

Kk thx^^ I am indeed a 9th grader (with 10 more school days left till FREEDOM🥳) and I’m very interested in math, music, art, and creating things so engineering I guess? Idk🤷‍♀️

I did went to this College Fair my school hosted and it was pretty oki. Got to learn about more colleges and universities and all that👌

[gloomy lotus]

that's pretty cool!

seems like you're into STEM, so you have a lot of different opportunities

and also wow your school ends early, we still have a month to go 😭

[red path]

Lol don’t worry you’ll make it👍

I’m just tired of my school because the kids here are ridiculous and their parents do nothing about it😮‍💨

And I’m tired of doing the freaking 6 final projects I have to do🥲🥲

I just wanna sleep🥲🥲

[gloomy lotus]

oh yeah we have all our finals on the last week of school

and that's a week I'm definitely dreading

but that's like a me in a month problem

[red path]

Well I have one for PE where we get into groups and make a lesson plan about soccer (that I think I’m gonna fail bc of my freaking lazy group😒), one for World History which is about choosing one human right and make a presentation out of it which is relatively simple I just need to put more effort👍, one for English 1 that we might do good on(except 2 people aren’t even doing anything and I’m the leader😮‍💨), one for Biology which is a closed terrarium type of thing, one for Digital Comm. which is making our own website on Google Sites about ourselves, and one for Art which is making a homage about Salvador Dalí 👍

[bitter lantern]

Who added me to the group?

Ban me please!

[cedar snow]

honors biology is more in-depth about science....so i would suggest you should take physical science cp if you're not seeing yourself taking any stem field.

[cedar snow]

is it this server? you can just leave by clicking this server's name on your top left screen.

[bitter lantern]

Please show me a exemple.

Of it.

[cedar snow]

are you on your phone or laptop?

[twilit cove]

Am I on the right path to getting into a good university?
Im going to be a junior next school year and this is my course selection:

Im doing IB Career Program at my public high-school in FL

1. IB English III
2. IB Math Applications and Interpretations
3. IB Biology
4. IB PPS/Econ
5. IB Psychology
6. Cybersecurity (getting Microsoft certifications and my Cisco CCNA certification, also my career path)
7. AVID 3

This summer I’m taking U.S History Honors and Spanish 2, while working at Publix and I also heave tech industry certifications from my freshman and sophomore year of high-school

[bitter lantern]

None I'm a kid so yeah.

[cedar snow]

how are you using discord? is it a tablet?

[sharp wigeon]

definitely yes, but course rigor is only one aspect of an applicant but you are definitely on the right path

ib classes are generally the hardest classes offered at a high school so if you can do well in these classes it will look good

which classes are sl and which are hl?

[silver pike]

by kid do u mean like 11

or like 14

15

[sour swift]

yes!!

[cedar snow]

I mean both are challenging even in SL. However, are you more into applied math? Or theoretical math? Where do you see yourself in the future? Does your future career require theoretical or applied math? If you want a simpler math work, I would suggest picking math AI SL. If you're too good or want to challenge yourself academically, I would suggest choosing math AA SL.

[tulip yacht]

hey, one of my friends is considering doing a course in radiology and she wants to know how hard/easy the physics is if anyone could help with that

[cedar snow]

I did physics before. Some students say it's difficult and some students (I'm one of them) say it's not that hard. Physics requires repetition of comprehensive questions exercises everyday. Moreover, if you want to excel more in Physics, you can ask for extended questions/work load from your teacher to keep practicing. I'd also like to add that Physics won't be too hard for you if you know the terminology, what each symbol represents and understanding the examples of concepts or ideas of the topics. Physics can actually become an easy subject if you give some time of studying this subject at least an hour a day. There's not too many difficult mathematical solutions as well. This is just my opinion as I was a physics student. It's also good to ask for help from a teacher or collaborate with your physics classmates. What I can say is to ensure that your studying strategies and time management skills is something to consider when taking Physics as one of your classes. Diligence is one of the main factors to succeed. So honestly, I think physics is neither hard or easy. It all depends on how much dedication and hard work you put into it.

[soft jacinth]

Since I got my Junior Yr schedule outta the way lets look at senior yr. Idk what College I wanna go to im still a sophomore and I’m a pretty freakin good student imo. At this point (just before senior yr) I would’ve taken 4 AP’s in junior yr alone so I would have some experience with them.

Here it is:
-Calculus 1 (AB is not offered) (This is also required for taking BC)
-Calc BC
-APUSH
-AP Macro
-Global Issues (this class is required for grad)
-APES
-Inorganic Chemistry
-Physics (AP physics isn’t offered)
-AP Lang and Comp
-PE 10-12

[compact ore]

should I take many AP's next year? or should I just take the classes Im interested in?

[gloomy lotus]

If you're a 9th grader and talking about 10th grade, yes, take the ones that you're interested in!